The harmonic balancer can indeed be installed 180 degrees off.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

.........and the average moron has an 80% chance of doing it that way..........

Maybe Benz changed the pins in 1984? Mine seem to be about 170 degrees out from each other so it can't be installed wrong. Paul.

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'84 300CD 290,000

I have to admit that I either forgot or couldn't find my marks when I went to reattach my balancer when I rebuilt. So, after the head and chain were installed, I just rotated the engine until #1 intake was lifting and oriented the balancer so the numbers were facing up.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Thats what I did too , doesnt everyone?

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